Israeli students have created an innovative device to help fight obesity.
The MetaboShield is a gastric sleeve which can be inserted endoscopically, meaning that any operation would be non-invasive, requiring no incisions, tissue damage or general anaesthesia.
A group of experts and undergraduates at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem developed the medical tool, which helps patients lose weight by blocking nutrients from being absorbed by the bloodstream.
Tutor Dr Yaakov Nahmias, who is Director of the Centre of Bioengineering at the university, said the invention “doesn’t cause damage to the intestinal wall, which makes it unique.”
